Sure, it’s easy to recognize, but sometimes the Big Dipper is low in the northern sky, or not visible at all. That’s the case now, in the evening. How to spot it. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/can-you-see-the-big-dipper-in-autumn…
Tag: autumn
How One Piece of Hardware Took Down a $6 Trillion Stock Market
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg on how a data storage and distribution device brought down Tokyo’s $6 trillion stock market: At 7:04 a.m. on an autumn Thursday in Tokyo, the stewards of the world’s third-largest equity market realized they had a problem. A data device critical to the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s trading system had malfunctioned, and the automatic…
Watch for Mars and the full Harvest Moon
The Northern Hemisphere’s Harvest Moon is always the full moon falling the closest to the autumnal equinox. It’s coming up in 2020 on October 1 or 2. What’s more, this Harvest Moon will be near Mars! Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/full-harvest-moon-on-october-1-2020…
Moon and Fomalhaut in late September
These next several nights – September 28, 29 and 30 – 2020 – use the bright waxing gibbous moon to find the bright star Fomalhaut, the Autumn Star. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-fomalhaut-in-late-september…
Mercury in the west after sunset
Live in the Southern Hemisphere? Take advantage of your golden opportunity to view Mercury in the evening sky now. Live in the Northern Hemisphere? Give Mercury a try after sunset! You might see it. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/mercury-in-the-west-after-sunset…
Earth in the balance today
Guy Ottewell’s insights on today’s autumnal equinox. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/insights-equinoxes-solstices-guy-ottewell…
Hello fall! Equinox kicks off autumn on Sept. 22
Going forward, the North Pole will be plunged into twilight and then darkness. Source: https://www.livescience.com/fall-autumn-equinox-sept-22
A Chinese perspective on autumn
In Chinese thought, autumn is with the direction west, considered to be the direction of dreams and visions. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/autumn-equinox-cycles-of-nature-and-chinese-philosophy…
Young moon after sunset September 18 to 21
After sunset these next several days – September 18, 19, 20 and 21, 2020 – watch for the waxing crescent moon’s return to the evening sky. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-after-sunset-september-18-21…
Moon and Venus adorn the morning September 13 to 15
On the mornings of September 13, 14 and 15, 2020, look for the waning crescent moon and the dazzling planet Venus in the eastern sky before sunrise. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-venus-adorn-morning-sky…